River Carnon Wheal Jane Mine hydrochemistry data

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• Last updated: 29 June 2024
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Summary

Trace metal mobilisation data (pH, ALK, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Li, SO4, Si, Be, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Al,Sr, Be, Ba, Y,Co, Ni, B, Rb, Y, Cd, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Pb, Th, U) for the River Carnon, the River Fal (downstream) and its estuary in Cornwall following discharge of highly polluted water from the Wheal Jane mine. In January 1992, there was a major pollution incident involving highly acidic wastes. CEH, in conjunction with the University of Reading monitored the River Carnon between September 1992 and April 1994, to examine the water quality.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-02-08
• Access contraints: © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• Harvest GUID: 5609a35a-c360-4125-b122-1fa1475e0e2d
• Extent: Latitude: 50.931° to 49.871°
• Extent: Longitude: -5.379° to -4.162°
• Dataset reference date: 2013-06-30 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
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• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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